Derek was more than a little startled when he answered the door to find a much stressed Izzie and Christina standing in front of him "Hey guys" he smiled "Meredith's not here" guessing the point of their visit.
"We know" Christina stated, barging past him
Izzie just half smiled when he stepped aside motioning for her to come in as well "That's why we are here" she explained
"Ok so we heard about you two deciding on not seeing each other much during her exams and all…but she is driving us crazy!" Christina stated, jumping to the point
"Ok…why" he asked, still baffled
Izzie decided that she had a little more of the tact which was required to deal with the situation, so she continued "Well as you know we all have exams at the moment, so the whole house is pretty stressed-except that everyone else is releasing that stress in some way"
"Exactly" Christina cut in "Izzie bakes, I go see Burke and George hangs out with his family or Sarah…but Mer is just studying-its not good for her, she has to relax!"
"Although she won't admit it she is really scared about not getting into the Seattle Grace program and she kind of feels she has no other choice because of her mum and everything" Izzie blabbed
"So that's why she banned me from the house" Derek asked, finally understanding his girlfriend's motives "Because I'm a distraction"
"Exactly!" Izzie smiled
"And at the beginning we were happy about it-no offence but you two are either really sickening with your gooiness or really…loud" Christina finished with her typical signs of tact
"She is going in waves of being super stressed to almost morbid"
"What do you want me to do?" he asked "I can't exactly go over there and demand sex"
"No but you could just break her rules and arrive tonight…we already tried to get her to come over to yours but she said she would never leave" Izzie said, catching Derek's slight blush.
"How about I just text her and see if she wants some help with study or something" he suggested
"Perfect" Christina smiled getting up and heading to the door. As she waved back at him she called "Do it now!"
Ten minutes later Izzie elbowed Christina smiling as she answered a call from Meredith,
"Hey Mer"
"Hi, sorry but do you guys mind if Derek comes over tonight? He just called and offered to cook us all dinner so we could keep studying"
"No that's fine" she beamed "Where are you?"
"On my way home from the library, George is here to"
"Ok, so what time should we expect Derek?"
"About six, I'd assume"
"That's cool; you will be home by then"
"Thanks Iz. Bye"
"Bye"
She clipped her phone shut and turned to Christina, "They are on the way home and Derek is cooking us dinner" she laughed
"I knew I liked that boy for a reason" Christina quipped, looking back down at her books.
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"Hi" Meredith beamed, practically knocking Derek over as she flung her arms around him
"Hey beautiful" he smiled, pulling her tight across his chest and winking at Izzie over her shoulder "I've missed you" he said resting his forehead against hers
"I've missed you too" she replied in a hoarse whisper as her eyes watched his tempting lips
Not being able to resist he broke the distance between them, kissing her lightly; she was unable to help herself, her tongue easing his lips apart as she deepened the kiss.
After detangling themselves from each other they headed to the kitchen so he could start making dinner. She sat perched at the bench nibbling on carrot sticks and reading her notes as he moved around whipping up his best pasta linguini.
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"That was delicious!" George stated, leaning back in his chair and rubbing his stomach
"Yeah, thanks Derek" Christina and Izzie chimed
"Especially as we have been living of take-away for the past two weeks" George continued
"My pleasure" he replied, accepting a kiss on the cheek from Meredith, "Now go study or relax or something and I'll wash up"
"Derek, that's really not necessary" Izzie said, collecting the plates
"No it's fine" he replied, taking the dishes off her "I remember what I was like for my final exams, it is only fair that I help you guys through it" he continued, staring at Meredith
"Well thank-you" George stated, being the first to accept Derek's generous offer before heading towards the stairs.
"You two" he ordered pointing Meredith towards the stairs "I'll come say good-bye before I go"
"Ok" she smiled giving him a hug "Thank-you"
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Half an hour or so later he headed upstairs to say good-bye to Meredith, lying down on her bed and waiting, after she held up a hand when he came in and continued scribbling on her page.
"Sorry" she said a few minutes later, crawling onto the bed next to him and resting her head on his chest "I was in the middle of testing myself"
"That's ok" he smiled, kissing her on the nose; "How is it all going?"
"Pretty good" she sighed "I think I'll owe my housemates big time when it's all over…I've been a bit stressed"
"So I've heard" he chuckled
"What?" she asked
"Nothing… So I better go" he said, trying to change the subject "You need to study"
"Oh" she sighed, a little disappointed "Can't you stay a little longer"
"You need to study" he replied
"And I will, you could just hang around, watch TV, read a book"
"Ok" he grinned "Can I borrow your ipod? I might just lye here and listen to music for a bit"
"Sure" she replied happily, throwing it to him as she sat back down at her desk
Plugging in he lay back onto her bed, hands behind his head and closed his eyes, just happy to be there and to have calmed her down. Slowly he drifted off to sleep, she watched him from where she sat, laughing to herself that he had only lasted about ten minutes. After an hour and a half of more study she lightly crawled on top of him; her knees straddling him as she lent over and kissed him lightly.
"Hey" he smiled groggily up at her
"Hey" she grinned kissing him again lightly "I need a favor"
"Sure. What?" he asked, sliding to sit up higher against the pillows
"I need you to be sick"
"Ok. What do I have?" he asked, remembering doing countless numbers of these drills before his exams
"Anything on this sheet" she answered, handing him a piece of paper
"Ok" he replied quickly reading it before placing the paper face down on the side table "But I think you should get off me, although your professor would probably still pass you if you did this during your boards" he smirked
"Very funny" she replied, climbing off him "Now be sick" she ordered
Over the next hour he had an inferior aperture of the thorax, hand-foot-and-mouth-disease, gall stones, alcohol poisoning, an inflamed appendix, gait disorder, a heart attack, two strokes, was electrocuted, broke his leg, had kidney disease and countless head injuries. She had done pretty well, diagnosing most without needing too much extra information but was stuck on what they had decided to be the final one, suddenly she turned
"You little poo" she cried hitting him over the head with a cushion
"I don't think that's quite the proper procedure" he laughed grabbing her and pinning her on the bed
"Well you can't have breast cancer" she smirked
"I swear I do" he replied, his face full of innocence "My fingers are dying not being able to touch yours" he continued leaning down to kiss her deeply as his hands made their way under her top.
"Well in that case I think you should give me a proper examination" she smirked rolling them over.
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Hearing out bursts of laughter in between bed springs squeaking, Izzie turned up her radio and headed down stairs to study, smiling at Christina as she passed her in the hall.
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Meanwhile upstairs Meredith was straddling Derek, he had already stripped her of her top, bra and pants, while he was about to loose his shirt. As he kicked off his pants his hands held onto her tightly, not wanting to let her go.
"So…" he breathed into her ear "I think it's time for your examination Miss Grey"
"Oh really Dr Sheppard" she smirked, raising an eyebrow
"Yes" he replied officially "Now please lay down on the examination table"
After she had climbed off him and laid down on the bed he kneeled beside her "What are you going to examine first" she asked, unable to not laugh at his serious expression as his eyes ran over her body
"I think I will start here" he stated, running his hands along her stomach and moving to straddle her "But I'm afraid this will need some more expert attention" running a finger over her lips as his mouth edged towards them.
She caught him in a passionate embrace, her tongue exploring the depths of his mouth, reminding herself of his taste after a week without him. She grinned up at him when their lips parted "I really have missed you" she whispered "Not just this"
"I know" he replied, his voice earnest and truthful
When he simply stared into her eyes for a little longer she playfully continued "Doesn't mean I haven't missed this too" an eyebrow raised, hoping to give him the hint
"Sorry Madame" he coarsely laughed "I think I know somewhere else that needs a more expert examination"
"Really?" she asked
"Yes. Here…here….and…here" he replied, his hands roaming from her mouth, to each of her breasts and then further south. She groaned loudly as his nimble fingers pushed against her through her wet panties, her hot breaths covering his face as he leaned into kiss her.
She panted heavily beneath him as his mouth went from her nipples to her nether regions; his lips, tongue and teeth working against her engorged clit. With a hand buried in his hair and the other wrapped tightly around the bed sheet she gritted her teeth and arched as he slipped a finger inside her, while his lips encircled her clit. "I'm not going to last" she ground out, pulling on his hair and directing him back to her mouth.
She tugged at his boxers but only got them to his knees before he slipped inside her, moaning in delight. He kicked them the rest of the way down his legs as she adjusted to his pulsating size. He began slowly moving inside her, his hand grasping her breast as his mouth explored hers. She was right, she didn't last long-giving him a sly look as she recovered from her orgasm "Oops" she smiled, a hand covering her face.
He didn't mind, relishing the fact that he had this power over her, easing himself onto her he nudged her hands out of the way with his nose, kissing her deeply before beginning to move again.
She ran her hand down his back, the thin sheen of sweat that had formed, caused it to slip down easily as she watched his face full of concentration. When he bit his lip, like he always did before he came, she reached behind him tugging against his balls. He groaned in anguish as he emptied into her, the unexpected tug causing his release.
He breathed heavily, collapsing beside her as she curled into his side, sleepily nudging his cheek in search of his mouth. "Hmmm" she ground into him, when their tongues danced.
"I love you" he whispered, not realizing he said it until it was already out there
She rolled over slightly shocked at his admission, looking him in the eye. Watching her reaction he mumbled "I'm sorry…it just slipped out…but that doesn't mean I don't…love you I mean…I do…love you" he rambled, conscious that they had admitted they were falling for each other weeks ago, but never actually saying they were in love.
"Don't apologize" she giggled running her hands over his chest "I love you to" she grinned, kissing him on the forehead. She then rolled over, snuggling into her original position against his chest, their fingers entwined "Can I tell you a secret?" she asked
"Anything" he whispered back
"I fell in love with you when we were camping; it just hit me when I watched you sleeping in the morning"
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked
"I was hoping to get through exams first-I know I have a tendency to go a little crazy about this time of the year"
"So, you were waiting to see if I stuck around through your craziness" he quietly laughed
"No…" she sighed "I just wanted it to be perfect"
"You know what" he said, lifting his head and kissing her cheek "I think it was pretty perfect"
"Yeah…it was" she mused, snuggling further into his arms.
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Ok apologies for not updating in ages, had a bit of writers block on this one and didn't want to write another chapter for Listening to George before this was done.
So let me know how it is, hopefully will update early next week.